An advertising announcement for a performance by Lieut. John Philip Sousa and his band on October 27, 1922, at the Ryman Auditorium, located on Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville. Sousa was an American composer and conductor known...

A photograph of a performance given by the Nashville Symphony for students of Pearl and Haynes High Schools at Pearl on Dec. 10, 1951. Students from Pearl and Haynes packed the auditorium for one of the final 1951 Student Concerts by the Nashville...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...